Architect Nicolas Ranger joined Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes in 2001 and has been a senior partner since 2011. Drawing on his skills in collaborative design and coordinating and managing large-scale projects, he serves simultaneously as director, manager, and lead designer for institutional projects in transportation, culture, and health.
To date, Nicolas has completed over fifteen projects through construction management in fast-track mode, collaborating with most of Quebec’s major construction managers. With a sensitivity toward dialogue and openness that is characteristic of large multidisciplinary teams, he has developed expertise in designing complex public projects involving a large number of stakeholders. He also excels in the design of projects carried out near or within structures that remain operational during construction.
His collaborative approach, technical knowledge, and leadership are leveraged in his role as Project Director for Aéroports de Montréal (ADM) and Société de transport de Montréal (STM), which he took on in 2015. As a project manager or director, he has been involved in all the firm's projects at the airport over the past decade, including the connection centre for passengers in transit, and the future REM station—an essential component of sustainable mobility. As head architect of the consortium formed for the STM, he oversees the activities of the project office of the Grands programmes de maintien des actifs métro. Finally, as Project Director, he is working to develop facilities for new fighter aircraft at 3 Wing Bagotville, a highly complex federal project with major security challenges.
In the healthcare field, he held the roles of assistant project manager and designer for the Jewish General Hospital’s Critical Care Pavilion. The 85,000 m² project was designed and built in under five years, within the construction budget established in the functional and technical program. More recently, he was project manager and lead designer for Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital’s Raymond-Barcelo Integrated Dialysis Centre. At 7,000 m² this is the largest building of its kind in Quebec. He is currently completing the plans and specifications for the Mother-Child and Emergency Centre at the Fleurimont Hospital in Sherbrooke, a 35,000 m² project completed in 39 lots and 6 bidding rounds.
Through his work on several cultural projects won in competitions, Nicolas has also developed an expertise in the realization of innovative projects. The Raymond-Lévesque Library in Longueuil, for which Nicolas oversaw execution, cost control, and scheduling, has won more than twenty national and international awards, including the prestigious Governor General’s Medal in Architecture in 2014—the highest distinction in Canadian architecture. He subsequently worked on the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace, a 4,000 m² extension to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Théâtre Gilles-Vigneault, both of which also received a Governor General’s Medal in Architecture in 2018 and 2020 respectively. As part of the team formed with Berlin firm Kuehn Malvezzi and Pelletier De Fontenay, he held the role of project manager for the Metamorphosis of the Montréal Insectarium, an ambitious LEED Gold-certified project that received the Grand prix d’excellence en architecture 2023 from the Ordre des architectes du Québec.
Within the firm, he is responsible for overseeing marketing communications activities and the structured integration of innovative design technologies.
Outstanding achievements
- REM station at the Montréal-Trudeau International Airport
- Metamorphosis of the Montréal Insectarium
- New Bagotville's facilities for fighter jets
- Théâtre Gilles-Vigneault
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts' Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace
- Connection Centre for Passengers in Transit at Montréal-Trudeau Airport
- Raymond-Lévesque Library
- Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont's Raymond-Barcelo Dialysis Centre
- Jewish General Hospital’s Critical Care Pavilion